Книга: Dennis Bock «The Communist`s Daughter»
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Производитель: "Random House, Inc." `The Communist`s Daughter`is a sweeping novel of love and betrayal spanning the trenches of the Great War to the horrors of Spain and China. Norman Bethune was a visionary whose dedication touched millions. Rebelling in childhood against his father`s religion, he finds a calling himself, saving lives on the battlefield. In Republican Spain he fulfills his idealism, yet before long politics destroy his romance and drive him to seek refuge in China. Here, in service to a man eventually known as Mao Zedong, Bethune begins this account of his life and his cherished beliefs for the only person who still makes a future seem possible: the daughter he has never seen. Издательство: "Random House, Inc." (2008)
ISBN: 978-1-4000-9609-1 |
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Dennis Bock
Dennis Bock (born August 28, 1964) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. His latest novel, The Communist's Daughter, published in 2006 by HarperCollins in Canada and Knopf in the US, and later in France, the Netherlands, Greece and Poland, is a retelling of the final years in the life of the Canadian surgeon Norman Bethune.
After spending years working on his craft, serving as fiction editor for the literary journal Blood & Aphorisms and holding writing residences at Yaddo, the Banff Centre, and Fundacion Valparaiso, in Spain, Bock published his first book, the critically acclaimed short story collection Olympia, in 1998, for which he won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, the Canadian Authors' Association Jubilee Award, and the Betty Trask Award in the UK. His first novel, The Ash Garden, about various kinds of fallout from the Hiroshima bomb, was published in 2001, and was shortlisted for the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize, and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Regional Best Book). It won the 2002 Canada-Japan Literary Award and has been published in translation in Spain, Argentina, Japan, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France and Greece.
His short stories have appeared in "The Penguin Book of Canadian Short Stories," "The Journey Prize Anthology," and "Coming Attractions."
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Personal life
Dennis Bock was born August 28, 1964 in Belleville, Ontario. He studied English literature and philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, and took one year off during that time to live in Spain. After completing his degree he returned to Madrid, Spain, where he lived for 4 years. It was there he finished writing "Olympia." Bock lives in Toronto with his wife and two sons. He teaches at the University of Toronto.
Prizes and honours
- 1998 Danuta Gleed Award for Olympia
- 1998 UK's Betty Trask Award for best book by an author under 35 for "Olympia"
- 1998 Canadian Authors' Association Jubilee Award for "Olympia"
- 2001 Shortlisted, Books in Canada First Novel Award for The Ash Garden
- 2002 Shortlisted, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for The Ash Garden
- 2002 Shortlisted, Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize for "The Ash Garden"
- 2001 Shortlisted, Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Regional Best Book, for "The Ash Garden"
Bibliography
Novels
- The Ash Garden (2001)
- The Communist's Daughter (2006)
Short stories
- Olympia (1998)
External links
- Canadian novelists
- Canadian short story writers
- Living people
- 1964 births
- University of Western Ontario alumni
- Canadian writer stubs
Источник: Dennis Bock
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